The only show we listen to is I Hate Crime. It's main character is Larry Kent, a dectective. Listening late at night, we have trouble with accents. But, this show we do listen to. A lot of the time I would never know it was not taken place in this country.

I love the South African radio adaptation of the classic British TV series The Avengers. Granted, you don't get to see Diana Rigg in her catsuits, but the episodes are well dramatized. My only real complaint about them is each episode is divided into several 15-minute segments, which includes the credits, a recap of the previous installment, and an ad for "Cold Water Omo".

It's interesting that while all of the episodes feature Diana Rigg's character Emma Peele, albeit voiced by a different actress, most of the scripts appear to be adapted from later TV episodes that featured Linda Thorson as Tara King. The episodes in question also include Steed's handler "Mother", who only appeared in the Tara King episodes. Still, they're fun to listen to.

I listened to a few of The Avengers for a while but since I had (no longer) the entire TV series on DVD, I found it be less appealing (yes, Emma's catsuits, Emma - period!)_________________http://otrbuffet.blogspot.com

Yeah, the TV show was better. The reason the radio version was even made in the first place is that South Africa didn't even have television until the mid-1970s. Radio adaptations were the only way to bring popular TV shows to the masses.

I teach a community college course on Technology and Society and one of the assignments I give my students when we talk about mass media is to listen to some OTR shows online and comment on the experience. Most of the students find it more difficult to follow the story without the visual component they're used to, but I had a student from Cameroon a couple of years ago who was in her mid-30s and had grown up with radio instead of television. She brought an interesting perspective to the discussion.

Jimbo wrote:

I listened to a few of The Avengers for a while but since I had (no longer) the entire TV series on DVD, I found it be less appealing (yes, Emma's catsuits, Emma - period!)

Yeah, the TV show was better. The reason the radio version was even made in the first place is that South Africa didn't even have television until the mid-1970s. Radio adaptations were the only way to bring popular TV shows to the masses.

I teach a community college course on Technology and Society and one of the assignments I give my students when we talk about mass media is to listen to some OTR shows online and comment on the experience. Most of the students find it more difficult to follow the story without the visual component they're used to, but I had a student from Cameroon a couple of years ago who was in her mid-30s and had grown up with radio instead of television. She brought an interesting perspective to the discussion.

Jimbo wrote:

I listened to a few of The Avengers for a while but since I had (no longer) the entire TV series on DVD, I found it be less appealing (yes, Emma's catsuits, Emma - period!)

I hear ya. The people I try to turn onto OTR just shake their head after about 2 minutes.